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delmat
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2018/09/25 09:50:56 (permalink)
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DSPIC33EP - ICSP Pin

Dear All,
 
for the first time I wuld like to use in one of my new projects a dsPIC33EP32MC202.
 
In the datasheet I read that it can be programmed with the ICD3 interface (which I already have) and that in particular:
 
-ICSPCLK of ICD3 must be connected to a PGECx pin of the microcontroller
 
-ICSPDAT of ICD3 must be connected to a PGEDx pin of the microcontroller
 
What I don't understand is why there are several couples of PGEC-PGED pins on the microcontroller.
 
 
Are they all equivalent? Can I choose the couple of pin that for me are the best?
Thank you in advance,
 
 
Mattia
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    MBedder
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    Re: DSPIC33EP - ICSP Pin 2018/09/25 10:12:57 (permalink)
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    They are all equivalent (any pair works) for programming (flashing) the chip but for debugging you have to select a particular pair by means of flashing the appropriate FICD.ICSxx configuration bits. This has been made to allow the user to free up the two remaining pairs for user functions.

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    Re: DSPIC33EP - ICSP Pin 2018/09/25 10:24:01 (permalink)
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    delmat
    What I don't understand is why there are several couples of PGEC-PGED pins on the microcontroller.

     
    Very simple
    Are they all equivalent? Can I choose the couple of pin that for me are the best?

    Yes, that is the reason.
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    Re: DSPIC33EP - ICSP Pin 2018/09/25 12:58:09 (permalink)
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    My guess is that the basic idea behind this option to choose from multiple ICD ports was ease of layout and - to some extend - the option to choose which special functions you might not require in your application.
     
    The additional benefit: you are lucky to have gotten another chance to misconfigure your dsPIC  wink
    (IIRC, programming does work on any pair - irrespective of the settings. Debug doesn't - it works only on the ICD port selected.)
     

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    Re: DSPIC33EP - ICSP Pin 2018/09/25 13:50:42 (permalink)
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    Not all of the peripherals are remappable, especially analog, so if you needed to be able to debug with those peripherals active, you'd have to choose a port that doesn't interfere with the I/O associated with them.. 
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